Dec 7, 2013

This is my first post about a beauty recipe, instead of a culinary one.
Also important parts of our body such as our hair need to receive a proper nourishment.
This recipe contains some really good nutrients that will aid hair growth, improve shine, reinforce strength and provide anti-oxidant benefits.

Mix everything together in a bowl. When adding the Vitamin E capsules just make a little hole in them and squeeze the content.
Make sure to coat all over your head with the help of a hair brush or cotton pads. Leave in for around 3 hours or, even better, overnight.

Nov 30, 2013

This is a really traditional dish of the Italian tradition. Perfect hot on a wintry day or cold on a summer day.
I need to thank my lovely Nanny Tata for giving me her delicious recipe that brings me back to my childhood.

In a big size sauce pan mix all the vegetable cut into small pieces.
Add 1-1/2 litre of water, a little bit of extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.
Cook on medium heat for around 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Add the canned beans 10 minutes before the end.

Nov 9, 2013

Sunday funday!
The only day of the week when we can relax at home and just lounge in our PJ's a little bit longer. It is also the perfect day of the week when we have more time to make some yummy home cook meal.
Believe it or not this was my first time making a roast chicken! Of course everybody knows that the best side dish to go with roast chicken is roasted potatoes and you can find my recipe for sublime roasted potatoes on my blog!

Ingredients:
-1 whole chicken
-Butter (room temperature)
-1 big onion

-Rosemary
-Extra virgin olive oil
-Garlic
-1 lemon

Begin to loosen up the skin from the meat, gently use your fingers to create like a pocket.
In a bowl mix the butter with salt, pepper, finely chopped garlic and rosemary (you could even add some fresh lemon juice).
Make the butter mix into a ball and insert it in the pocket between the skin and the meat.
Spread the butter well massaging all around the chicken (this step will prevent your chicken from drying out and will keep the meat yummy and juicy).
Use the remaining of the butter mix to spread it all over the outside of the chicken.
Cut the lemon in half and insert both halves inside your chicken.
Now cut the onion in thick slices of 1/2 inch. Oil your pan and place the onion slices at the base. Make sure you position the chicken on top of the onions slices and not in direct contact with the pan. This trick will make your chicken cook evenly since it is resting on the onion slices and the heat can circulate better all around it. You will not believe how delicious and yummy the onions will be!
Place everything in the oven at 175 Celsius for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the juice runs clear.
Enjoy! Buon Appetito!

Nov 4, 2013

I got really lucky cause apparently last year they had a miserable summer here, but this year it was simply gorgeous! During this amazing time I had the occasion to experience one of British summer traditions: Pimm's!

This delicious recipe is a mixed drink with real fruit, cucumber and mint... so yummy and refreshing!

Ingredients:

Ice cubes

Pimms, No. 1

Lemonade

Handful fresh mint, roughly chopped

Cucumber, finely chopped

Slices of orange

Strawberries

Just mix everything together filling up a jug and enjoy on your summer parties!

I have recently visited one of the most fascinating countries in the world... Iceland.

The magical atmosphere that you experience in Iceland is something that words can not explain. During my first day in Reykjavick i went on a mission... to find the best traditional cafe in town. I found Cafè Loki. An amazing cafe just by the famous city church.

I decided to try a very traditional Icelandic dish, The icelandic Fish pie. It was simply to die for!!!

-Ingredients:

1 1/4lbs cod, halibut or haddock

1 1/4lb potatoes, boiled and peeled

1 white onion

12 oz milk

2 oz butter

3 tbsp flour

salt and pepper

2 tablespoons chives, freshly snipped to add color, flavor & garnish

-Directions:

1. Skin, bone & break up the fish into flakes.

2. Roughly chop potatoes & finely chop onion.

3. Slowly heat milk in a saucepan almost to a boiling point.

4. While the milk is heating, in a medium to large sized non-stick saucepan, melt butter & saute onion over medium-heat until soft. Do not allow it to brown.

Yukari *The Kitchen Fairy*

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Yukari - The Kitchen Fairy

I have always had a passion for cooking. I believe that cooking and food are delicious forms of art.

My inspiration comes mainly from my origins, Italian & Japanese; The places that I have visited during my life, the cultures I have been in contact with, and from mother nature, as well as everything we feel, taste, and see in life.

The colors, the aromas and the emotions we experience is what inspires me to create. Growing up in Italy gave me a sense of style, taste and sensation that just who has been to the Mediterranean area is fully able to understand; Combined with the harmony and peace that is so typical of the Japanese life style .

My origins, travels, and passion for cooking are just some of the things that make my recipes somehow magical.

I hope you will enjoy my delightful creations as much as I do. As I always say, the secret ingredient for the success of every recipe, is to sprinkle some love at the end.